Title :
1310 nm wafer fused VCSELs - a new generation of uncooled 10 Gbps telecom lasers
Author :
Sirbu, A. ; Mereuta, A. ; Caliman, A. ; Suruceanu, G. ; Ellafi, D. ; Mickovic, Z. ; Iakovlev, V. ; Kapon, E.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Phys. of Nanostruct., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
1310 nm-band wafer-fused VCSELs demonstrate record low 10 Gbps modulation current of 6 mA at temperatures from RT to 70 °C. Reliability studies demonstrate the suitability of this technology in commercial photonic systems.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; current 6 mA; photonic systems; temperature 70 degC; uncooled telecom lasers; wafer fused VCSEL; wavelength 1310 nm; Modulation; Performance evaluation; Reliability; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358515
